Monster ... Ken Starr. He said ... She said.
Is this the best we get in this Country? With all the critically important issues facing our country today, the leading candidates from the Democratic Party are quibbling like a bunch of teenagers fighting over who gets to use the the bathroom first.
He says that Billary will push the Democratic Party to the limits of destruction, She says that the interests of the Party are the foremost priority.
Who really won in Texas? He says he won Texas by ending up with more delegates, She says she won the popular vote and has the momentum.
He says he has never voted for the war in Iraq. She says she was lied to and voted for diplomacy. He says She was for the war before She was against it, She says He is not ready to answer the phone at 3 AM.
He says He is against NAFTA, She says he told Canadian diplomats other things in private than He does in public.
I say - who cares about this cute, clever, political noodling - what it really shows us is the "true character" of the final two Democratic candidates. The next leader of our great nation may be one of these two immature "leaders". It is sad to see the tears of shame coming from the eye of the Eagle.
Friday, March 7, 2008
He said ... She said
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Here comes Billary
Here comes Billary.
Obama is hot air.
Here comes Billary.
Plagiarism's everywhere!
Here comes Billary.
Lie, cheat or steal.
Here comes Billary.
Now Florida and Michigan are real.
Here comes Billary.
Obama's accomplishment - name one?
Here comes Billary.
We'll crush Hope before we're done.
Here comes Billary.
Deer-stares-in-lights abound.
Here comes Billary.
See the Liberal Matthews' found.
Billary Clinton - Destroys Change and Hope.
Billary Clinton - Never Beaten.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Barkely didn't fall off the truck - he has a turnip for a brain
In case you haven't seen the latest CNN clip of ex-NBA Allstar Charles Barkely calling Conservatives "Fake Christians" and saying "everytime I hear the word 'conservative' it makes me sick to my stomach" you can view it yourself by clicking on the link here.
Barkely's judgement of "Conservatives" as "Fake Christians" is unbelievably self-damning for someone who has announced he will be running for Govenor of Alabama in 2014, seven years after establishing residency in 2007. By his twisted sense of claiming not to be a "fake christian", Barkely then goes on to state his divine and true understanding of theological doctrinal positions with respect to Gay Marriage and Abortion. Even in his judgemental statement, he chastises "Conservatives" as fake because they are not to judge.
With these kind of statements it leaves you wondering if Barkely comprehends anything from his time spent reading the Bible, is he simply turnip-brained and just doesn't get it, or has he chosen to selectively pick-and-choose the parts out of the Bible he likes best. Maybe Sir Charles has more of an issue with what the Bible says, than with the ones that are saying it? I will leave this up to Sir Charles and God.
Regarding just the issue of Gay Marriage though Charles, I would like to know why you believe that a a group of activists in 2008, with a preference towards the way that they personally desire, engage and perform sexual activities, should irrevocably and justifiably re-define the definition of a sacred tradition that has been practiced for centuries by billions of people all over the world? The arrogance and perpetual self-ambitious disrespect of tradition and values from these activists is such that everytime I hear the word 'Gay Marriage' it makes me sick to my stomach!
And I am sure that there are a lot of folks (even in Alabama) who feel the same way.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Obama won't take special interest $
Superdelegates get campaign cash
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/02/superdelegates.html
Many of the superdelegates who could well decide the Democratic presidential nominee have already been plied with campaign contributions by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, a new study shows.
"While it would be unseemly for the candidates to hand out thousands of dollars to primary voters, or to the delegates pledged to represent the will of those voters, elected officials serving as superdelegates have received about $890,000 from Obama and Clinton in the form of campaign contributions over the last three years," the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics reported today.
About half the 800 superdelegates -- elected officials, party leaders, and others -- have committed to either Clinton or Obama, though they can change their minds until the convention.
Obama's political action committee has doled out more than $694,000 to superdelegates since 2005, the study found, and of the 81 who had announced their support for Obama, 34 had received donations totaling $228,000.
Clinton's political action committee has distributed about $195,000 to superdelegates, and only 13 of the 109 who had announced for her have received money, totaling about $95,000.Friday, February 8, 2008
Not so secret Secret Service
Behind the Scenes With Hillary
Thursday, February 7, 2008 9:39 AM
By: Ronald Kessler
Guarding presidential candidates 24 hours a day, Secret Service agents know better than almost anyone what they are really like.
Among Secret Service agents, no protectee evokes more disdain than Hillary Clinton.
Secret Service agents assigned at various points to guarding Hillary during her campaign for the Senate were dismayed to find her two-faced and perpetually angry.
“During the listening tour, she planned ‘impromptu’ visits at diners and local hangouts,” a former Secret Service agent told me for my book “A Matter of Character: Inside the White House of George W. Bush.”
“The events were all staged, and the questions were screened,” the former agent said. “She would stop off at diners. The campaign would tell them three days ahead that they were coming. They would talk to the owner and tell him to invite everyone and bring his friends. Hillary flew into rages when she thought her campaign staff had not corralled enough onlookers beforehand. Hillary had an explosive temper.”
Publicly, Hillary courted law enforcement organizations, but privately she had disdain for police. “She did not want police officers in sight,” a former agent said. “How do you explain that to the police? She did not want Secret Service protection near.
She wanted state troopers and local police to wear suits and stay in unmarked cars. If there were an incident, that could pose a big problem. People don’t know police are in the area unless officers wear uniforms and drive police cars. If they are unaware of a police presence, people are more likely to get out of control.”
In Syracuse, a bearded man who aggressively sought autographs accosted Hillary as she went for a walk outside her hotel during her Senate race.“He grabbed her,” an agent said. “She was livid. But she had insisted she did not want us near her.”
For her Senate campaign, the Secret Service purchased three Cadillac De Villes.“She decided they were not compatible with her down-home image. They were used once or twice,” an agent said. “She wanted a conversion van with picture windows and two captain chairs. So we purchased three of them, each outfitted with armor, bulletproof glass, and a system to supply clean air. Each was positioned around New York State to help reduce travel time.”
Like her husband and his White House staff, Hillary and her staff were disorganized and habitually late. “She had children running her campaign,” an agent said. “She had a lack of organization and a lack of maturity. She could not keep a schedule.”
When she stayed at the houses of Democratic supporters, “We would show up at their homes at 2 a.m., and she would sleep in the master bedroom,” he said.
During her “listening tour,” Hillary’s campaign staff planned a visit to a 4-H Club in dairy farm country in upstate New York. As they approached the outdoor event and she saw people dressed in jeans and surrounded by cows, Hillary became livid.
“She turned to a staffer and said, ‘What the [expletive] did we come here for? There’s no money here,’” a former Secret Service agent said.
As the Secret Service and White House residence staff saw it, Hillary and Bill Clinton had a business relationship, not a marriage. “They would talk on an encrypted phone,” an agent said. “He would give her advice. It was a political alliance. She portrayed herself as devastated by the revelations of Monica [Lewinsky]. I doubt she cared.”
The Clintons’ home in Chappaqua allowed Hillary to establish a residence in New York State and run for the Senate. They keep an apartment in New York, but Hillary lives mainly in Georgetown. They use the Chappaqua home for fundraisers.
“Chappaqua was because she had to be a resident of New York,” an agent said. “That was the main reason for taking it. The only reason she ran for the Senate is to be president.”
Everyone on the White House residence staff recalled what happened when Christopher B. Emery, a White House usher, returned Barbara Bush’s call after she had left the White House. Emery had helped Barbara learn to use her laptop. Now she was having computer trouble. Twice, Emery helped her out. For that, Hillary Clinton fired him.
The father of four, Emery could not find another job for a year. Yet on TV, Hillary speaks of her compassion for the little people. In her book “Living History,” Hillary Clinton wrote of her gratitude to the White House staff.
The truth is, said a Secret Service agent, “Hillary did not speak to us. We spent years with her. She never said thank you.”
In contrast, “Barack Obama is a decent guy,” says an agent. “Like President Bush, he treats the people around him with respect.”
[Editor's Note: Get Ronald Kessler's book — “A Matter of Character: Inside the White House of George W. Bush.” ]
Ronald Kessler is chief Washington correspondent of Newsmax.com.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Billary against the wall
HILLARY CLINTON WILL GO FOR BROKE
PUTS UP HER OWN $5M AS TOP AIDES GO WITHOUT PAY
By DAPHNE RETTER in Arlington, Va., and MAGGIE HABERMAN in New York
February 7, 2008 -- Hillary Rodham Clinton personally lent her cash-strapped campaign $5 million late last month, and some top staffers are now going without pay, officials acknowledged yesterday.
The moves were revealed as Clinton and Barack Obama hun kered down for a war of attrition for the Democratic nomination after Super Tuesday failed to crown a winner. And a series of contests in the coming weeks seem likely to favor the Illinois senator.
"My opponent was able to raise more money, and we intended to be competitive and we were. I think the results last night proved the wisdom of my investment," Clinton told re porters yesterday, after spokesman Howard Wolfson confirmed the loan.
At a stop in Iowa in December, Bill Clinton raised the issue of funding his wife's campaign. He told a crowd, "They say you couldn't stop me from spending all the money I've saved over the last five years if I wanted to, even though it would clearly violate the spirit of campaign-finance reform."
But yesterday Hillary Clinton made clear what the source of the $5 million was.
"From my money - that's where I got the money," she quipped.
Pressed on whether she was prepared to go beyond her initial $5 million payout, Clinton demurred and said, "I'm just going to leave it." But she is said to be weighing an additional loan.
Officials confirmed that some staffers have "voluntarily chosen to work without pay this month," including campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle - a move that echoes one by Rudy Giuliani's campaign last month when it hit the skids.
The development signaled serious problems in terms of resources, and could complicate fund-raising in the days to come as Clinton does battle in major states like Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania.
Within hours of Clinton's announcement, Obama's campaign manager sent out a fund-raising appeal by e-mail, saying the campaign had raised more than $3 million since Tuesday night and adding, "We have no choice - we must match their $5 million right now."
The Clintons' personal fortune is estimated between $10 million and $50 million, according to financial-disclosure forms. The couple's riches are due to advances and book sales from Bill and Hill's respective memoirs, and Bill's ton's highly lucrative turn on the lecture circuit.
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Bill Clinton was due to receive a payout as large as $20 million as he disentangled from a financial deal with billionaire Ron Burkle, although sources said that deal hasn't been cut yet.
But the New York senator's answer yesterday firmly indicated she was drawing from her own pool of cash, which includes more than $7 million in a book advance for "Living History," and more than $3.5 million in royalties.
The timing of the loan was in the final weeks before Super Tuesday, as Sen. Clinton was battling for delegate-rich states against Obama.
Sources said there was little debate about it, and that "she just did it when it was clear we needed it."
"The loan illustrates Sen. Clinton's commitment to this effort and to ensuring that our campaign has the resources it needs to compete and win across this nation," said Wolfson, who addressed the issue after it was raised on a conference call yesterday morning by a reporter.
"We have had one of our best fund-raising efforts ever on the Web today, and our Super Tuesday victories will only help in bringing more support for her candidacy."
Sources said Clinton had raised close to $1 million on the Internet since Tuesday night.
Her supporters pointed to a new Gallup national poll showing she'd bumped up to a 13-point lead over Obama, 52 percent to 39 percent.
Clinton's fund-raising for January paled in comparison to Obama's - he raised $32 million to her $13.5 million.
"He's got a huge advantage in that he is the Internet candidate," said one Clinton campaign source, referring to Obama's ability to raise bucks on the Web.
